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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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