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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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