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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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