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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses 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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