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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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