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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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