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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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