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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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