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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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