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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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