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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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