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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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