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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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