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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding 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 topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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