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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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