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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the 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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