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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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