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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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