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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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