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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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