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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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