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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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