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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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