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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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