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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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