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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the key 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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