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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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