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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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