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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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