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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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