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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand these open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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