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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the 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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