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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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