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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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