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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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