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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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