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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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