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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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