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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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