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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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