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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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