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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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