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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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