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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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