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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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