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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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