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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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