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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider 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. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Syria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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