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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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