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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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