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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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