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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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