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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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