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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for students 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 many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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