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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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