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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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