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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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