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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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