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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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