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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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