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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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