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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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