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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that 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 teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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