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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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