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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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