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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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