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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are considering today 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 guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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