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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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