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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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