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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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