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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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