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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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