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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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