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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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