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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly 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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