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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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