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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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