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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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