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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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