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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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