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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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