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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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