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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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