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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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