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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because e-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 certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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