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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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