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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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