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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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