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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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