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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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