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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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