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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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