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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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