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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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