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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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