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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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