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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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