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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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