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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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