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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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