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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the 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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