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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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