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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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