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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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