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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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