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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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