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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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