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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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