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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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