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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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