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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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