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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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