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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners 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 lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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