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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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