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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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