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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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