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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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