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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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