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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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