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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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