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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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