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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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