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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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