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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education