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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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