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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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