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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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