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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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