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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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