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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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