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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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