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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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