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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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