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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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