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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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