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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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