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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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