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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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