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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology 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 schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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