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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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