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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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