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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in learning technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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