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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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