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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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