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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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