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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the most important 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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