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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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