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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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