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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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