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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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