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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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