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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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