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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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