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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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