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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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