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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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