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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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