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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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