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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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