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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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