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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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