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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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