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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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