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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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