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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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