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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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