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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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