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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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