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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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