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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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