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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key 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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