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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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