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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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