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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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