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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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