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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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