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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important 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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