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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key 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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