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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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