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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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