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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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