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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews 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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