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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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