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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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