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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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