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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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