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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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