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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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