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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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