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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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