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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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