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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are considering 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. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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