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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the key 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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