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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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