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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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