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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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