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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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