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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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