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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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