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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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