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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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