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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the most important 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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