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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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