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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. 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 instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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