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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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