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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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