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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. 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. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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