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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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