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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education enable learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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