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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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