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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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