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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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