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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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