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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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