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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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