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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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