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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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