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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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