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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education enable humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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