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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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