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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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