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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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