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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively 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 many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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