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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning 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 quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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