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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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