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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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