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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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