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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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