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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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