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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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