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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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