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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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