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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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