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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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