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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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