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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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