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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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