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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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