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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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