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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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