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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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