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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major 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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