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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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