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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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