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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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