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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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