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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key 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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