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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning enable learners all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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