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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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