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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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