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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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