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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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