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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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