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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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