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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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