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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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