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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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