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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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