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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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