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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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