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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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