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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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