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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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