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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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