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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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