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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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