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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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