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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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