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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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