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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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