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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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