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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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