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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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