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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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