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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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