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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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