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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand these open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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