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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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