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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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