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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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