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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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