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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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