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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. 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. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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