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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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