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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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