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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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