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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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