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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning enable humans all over the world to take classes online. 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 massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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