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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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