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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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