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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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