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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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