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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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