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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. 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. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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