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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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