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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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