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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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