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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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