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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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