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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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