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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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