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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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