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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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