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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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