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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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