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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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