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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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