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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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