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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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