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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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