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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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