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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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