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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational ventures. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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