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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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