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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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