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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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