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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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