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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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