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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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