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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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