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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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