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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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