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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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