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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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