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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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