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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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