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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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