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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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