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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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