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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand these open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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