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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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