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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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