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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 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 participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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