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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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