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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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