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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key 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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