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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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