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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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