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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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