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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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