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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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