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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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