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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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