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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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