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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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