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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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