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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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