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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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