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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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