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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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