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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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