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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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