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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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