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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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