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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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