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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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