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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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