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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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