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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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