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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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