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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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