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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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