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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open education ventures. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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