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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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