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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also articulates 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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