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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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