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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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