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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. 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 massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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