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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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