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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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