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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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