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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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