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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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