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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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