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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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