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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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