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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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