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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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