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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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