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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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