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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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