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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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