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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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