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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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