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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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