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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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