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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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