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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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