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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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