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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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