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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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