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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key 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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