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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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