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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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