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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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