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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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