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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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