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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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