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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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