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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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