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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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