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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever 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 participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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