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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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