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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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