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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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