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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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