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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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