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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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