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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses 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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