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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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