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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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