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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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