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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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