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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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