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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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