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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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