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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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