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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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