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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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