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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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