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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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