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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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