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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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