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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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