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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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