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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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