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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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