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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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