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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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