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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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