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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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