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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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