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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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