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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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