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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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