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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand 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 resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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