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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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