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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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