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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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