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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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