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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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