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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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