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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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