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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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