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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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