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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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