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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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