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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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