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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning make it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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