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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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