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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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