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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the major 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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