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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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