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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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