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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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