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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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