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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational ventures. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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