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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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