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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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