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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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