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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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