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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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