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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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