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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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