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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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