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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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