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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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