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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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