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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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