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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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