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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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