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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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