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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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