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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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