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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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