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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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