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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance 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 adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important 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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