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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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