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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have empowered students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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