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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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