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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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