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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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