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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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