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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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