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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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