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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses 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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