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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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