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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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