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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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