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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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