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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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