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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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