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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate 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. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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