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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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