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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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