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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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