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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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