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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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