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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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