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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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