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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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