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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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