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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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