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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure 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 massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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