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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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