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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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