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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies 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 participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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