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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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