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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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