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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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