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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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