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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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